IMMIGRANTS
Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many nationals aged (a) between 15 and 64 and (b) over 65 from each non-EEA country were granted indefinite leave to stay in the UK in each year from 1997-98 to 2014-15.
James Brokenshire, Minister of State (Minister for Immigration): The available data is provided in the table below:
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Grants of settlement on removal of time limit, by age |
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Year |
Total Grants |
Children (under 16) |
16-64 |
65+ |
Age unknown |
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2010 |
234,707 |
43,776 |
188,550 |
2,186 |
195 |
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2011 |
160,994 |
30,405 |
128,690 |
1,845 |
54 |
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2012 |
124,473 |
21,958 |
101,160 |
1,336 |
19 |
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2013 |
152,238 |
24,235 |
126,433 |
1,557 |
13 |
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2014 |
102,413 |
15,428 |
86,178 |
805 |
2 |
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Source: |
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Home Office: Immigration Statistics April-June 2015, summary of data in table se_05 |
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Table notes: |
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1. Excludes EEA nationals. |
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2. Excludes a small minority of persons given settlement on arrival (1,644 in 2014) |
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The latest Home Office immigration statistics on grants of settlement (permanent residence) by age are published in ‘Immigration Statistics, April-June 2015’, available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office website at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics .
Corresponding data for 2015 will be published on 25 August 2016.
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